But a couple of weeks ago a colleague predicted that The Hunger Games was going to be the runaway smash hit of the year. As much as I enjoyed the Hunger Games it is by no means the last word on brilliant cinema but it is fairly solid with a great performance from Jennifer Lawrence, but more than that it has a legion of teen fans that will support it. My knee jerk, very off the cuff reaction was to tweet my predictions for the top money spinners for summer and it went a little something like this:

* Strong teen fan bases will skew results
** Just because it on my list doesn't mean its good or I’ll enjoy it.
*** Boy didn't I get that wrong & doesn’t mean that wasn’t an enjoyable film

If I actually applied some thought to it my most anticipated films of summer list might look a lot like this.

The Establishing Shot’s most anticipated summer films of 2012
1. Skyfall
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Prometheus
4. Dredd
5. Rust and Bone
6. How I Spent My Summer Vacation / Get The Gringo
7. Metro Manila
8. House at the End of the Street
9. Killer Joe
10. The Amazing Spider-Man

In my expected 2012 box office hits I placed Avengers Assemble fairly low on the ladder, which seems ridiculous now but I had concerns but as Tony Starke says:

Video: The Establishing Shot: Avengers Assemble - Headcount Clip UK

Fandango the US based movie ticketing site, ran a survey for their large customer base about films being released summer 2012 and the results are in revealing some interesting insight into what Americans are looking forward to.

Surprisingly - despite the series’ very strong box office success The Amazing Spider-Man doesn't seem to feature at all but Avengers Assemble features more than one in the results of the Fandango survey results.

ASSEMBLE LIVE! AVENGERS FANS ASSEMBLE TO CREATE EXCLUSIVE MARVEL ARTWORK IN LONDON
Voting opens today – vote for your character and watch live at livestream.com/assemblelive

London, Wednesday April 19 2012; Starting today, fans all over the world will help graffiti artist Alex Young ‘Odisy’ create never-before-seen artwork in an exclusive global event: Assemble Live.

Fans will vote via Twitter to determine which Avengers characters are assembled next – as graffiti artists from Addict bring the Avengers to life, live from London’s Old Street.

Fans can vote now for which character is to be created first by simply tweeting #ASSEMBLELIVE plus their favourite character # VOTETHOR, #VOTEBLACKWIDOW, #VOTEIRONMAN, #VOTEHAWKEYE, #VOTECAPTAINAMERICA, #VOTENICKFURY, #VOTELOKI or #VOTETHEHULK.

Two characters will be assembled per day from Wednesday 18th April, and the event will be streamed live at www.livestream.com/assemblelive where the audience can check the current voting leaderboard.

Find out more and watch live at: www.livestream.com/assemblelive
At the end of each day, a time-lapse video will be added to the channel showing that day’s progress.

Once complete, a final time-lapse piece will be made showing the Mural’s creation in its entirety. Stay tuned for information about how fans can own an exclusive limited edition t-shirt inspired by the artwork.
Teaming up with Spotify and their new play button, we are creating an Avengers Assemble inspired playlist for all our fans, simply click Play on our facebook App.

FANS ASSEMBLE WORLD WIDE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT MARVEL'S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

Saturday, 14th April. Excited Avengers fans assembled across Europe and the US tonight to become the first public audiences to see the highly anticipated film, Marvel's Avengers Assemble in exclusive fan screenings across the globe. Screenings in London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, LA, New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Orlando, San Antonio and Phoenix all kicked off within hours of each other, rewarding devoted superhero film fans with an exclusive preview of the biggest superhero film in history, Marvel's Avengers Assemble.

In the UK, fans travelled across the country to take part in this exclusive London screening, many dressing as their favourite Avengers characters, eagerly anticipating a movie they have followed intently over the last year of production. In the UK, Marvel's Avengers Assemble Face book page has 125,000 devoted followers, 3000 of whom applied to be part of this exclusive Fan Screening Event, with 380 lucky winners picked at random from RSVPs, securing places at the screening at Shepherds Bush Vue Cinema, W12. Fan Screenings in Singapore, Australia, Korea and India will follow over the next week, building the frenzy of excitement ahead the release of 2012's first blockbuster.

Video: The Establishing Shot: Marvel Avengers Assemble Trailer

Marvel Avengers Assemble
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble brings together the iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow as they answer a call to action when Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a daring, globe-spanning recruitment effort to assemble a team to defeat an unexpected enemy.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.

“Marvel’s Avengers Assemble” is released in the UK cinemas on 26th April.

11th April saw the film launch with a star-studded World Premiere in LA, and the UK will assemble the A-list cast of Marvel’s Avengers Assemble on 19th April, at Vue Westfield, Westfield London, Shepherds Bush at the films European Premiere at 6pm.